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Loud hammer noise when one particular hot tap is turned on. Clears quickly when tap is fully opened, or when a hot tap in the next room is opened. Sounds like the hammering is at or near the tap itself. Last night I was awoken by a hammer which sounded like it wasn't going to stop. I found the...

I have a pvc door on order for bathroom to replace a badly warped wooden one. I'll need to cut 20mm off the top or bottom to fit. Now I'm worried that might ruin the door. Any views please? Door is coming from B&Q (cheap range!). Nothing on their web page to say you can't cut it to fit.

Our bath has no grab handles. It's quite a deep bath, and my wife (elderly arthritis sufferer) has difficulty getting out of it. I thought of suction handles, but wouldn't trust them. Proposal: fit one handle on the wall (drill through tiles to a wall stud) -- not too much of a problem -- and...

The RCD sometimes trips (3 or 4 times in two weeks) when I switch off at a particular wall socket. My computer’s plugged in there, via a surge-protection socket. I always shut the computer down using the Windows ‘turn off’ menu, then when it’s stopped, I switch off at the wall. It’s that last...

Stuck at first base (with a conventional old style basin tap; I have a new core unit waiting to install, and thought it would be easy!) Yes, I undid the grub screw. The handle is rock solid. Tried limescale remover and WD-40. Any ideas please?

In this old house, the sitting room has two oriel windows – sort of bay windows projecting out beyond the external wall. Single-glazed on 3 sides, uninsulated above & below. The window sills are about 1m by 70cm, so as you can imagine they let plenty of cold draughts into the room. Condensation...